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witli water and hermetically sealed. These are sold at 

 a high price. We have seen a pint of cranberries 

 marked " Cape Cod Bell Cranberry," sold at four shil- 

 lings sterling, in the Strand, London. There is not 

 the slightest doubt that as the American cranberry is 

 superior to the English or Eussian, a market will be 

 found for it, at paying prices, in almost any part of the 

 civilized world. It seems to us that the American 

 agriculturists do now take the lead in the cultivation of 

 this fruit, and will continue to do so. We are con- 

 vinced from what we know of this country that if our 

 farmers only proceed in making those trials and experi- 

 ments which it will be worth their while to do, and 

 bring their swamps, ponds, and bogs into a proper 

 condition to receive the vine (in the way we have pre- 

 viously pointed out), they will not only be able to 

 supply all that are needed for home consumption, but 

 foreign demands likewise. But let not any one sup- 

 pose that more cranberries are now raised than can be 

 disposed of at paying prices. If the cultivation of the 

 cranberry proceeds as rapidly as we hope it may, all 

 that can be raised will find a market in the country. 

 The influence of the weather upon the English 

 grain market is well known. How dry. or wet weather 

 will affect prices there is astonishing. The cranberry 

 for its market price before it is picked is somewhat 

 dependent upon the climate 

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